Jerry Jones Photos & How To Identify A Narcissist: August 6, 2014

Look Out - The Boss Is Back

Awkward Silence: Ricky Gervais is bringing his Office character, David Brent, back. Gervais plans to start filming Life on the Road, which takes place about 10 years after the Office wrapped up. Brent will be a traveling salesman who, of course, still hasn't given up on his dreams of stardom. [LATimes]

10-Yard Penalty: Jerry Jones still knows how to get down. Some pretty scandalous photos of the 71-year-old leaked online yesterday, showing him partying with — and groping — some much younger women. From the looks of it, he’s in a bathroom with a couple women who are excited to be in the presence of the Dallas Cowboys' owner. One photo shows a woman pretending (?) to go down on him; another shows Jones grabbing a woman’s breasts from behind; and in a third photo one of the women isn’t wearing any pants and something wild looks to be happening. As far as crazy party photos involving sports figures goes, these aren’t completely insane but, at the same time, a community stalwart and family man like Jones probably won’t be too excited to have to explain this to Gene, his wife of over 50 years.

The photos seemed to have been leaked by a man named Frank Hoover (who acquired them from someone else). It’s unclear why he leaked them and why he tagged Cheech Marin, Taylor Swift and Adele in his tweets but it might have something to do with the fact that he thinks he solved Pi and can make himself not have to ever go pee if he drives in perfect circles. While these photos probably won’t end up doing much damage to Jones, we hope that Hoover can take any backlash that comes and that he gets some help. If you want to dive deeper into the story, there’s a good read on Deadspin.

Good Samaritans: Passengers on an Australian subway helped a man who got stuck between the train and the platform:

It’s really amazing to see everyone working together to free him. Hopefully nobody gets any ideas about late-night train tipping.

Halftime Show: There’s a petition on Change.org asking that Weird Al Yankovic headline next year’s Super Bowl show. There are already more than 3,200 supporters. If beating world hunger and stopping global warming are the right causes for you, then you might consider spreading "Tacky" and "Amish Paradise" to all the ears of the world. Thank you, Ed B. from Seattle. [Change.org]

Rosetta: Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft has finally arrived at its destination — comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Jean-Jacques Dordain, director general of ESA, announced the good news: “After 10 years, five months and four days traveling towards our destination, looping around the Sun five times and clocking up 6.4 billion kilometers [4 billion miles], we are delighted to announce finally, 'We are here.’”

This is the first time we’ve ever sent a probe to a comet and we’re not just taking pictures of it: We’re landing on it. The Philae lander will use harpoons to attach itself to the comet that’s hurtling through space (it’s traveling at 34,175 mph) and then drill into the rock for analysis. By studying the comet, scientists are hoping to better understand how the solar system formed and maybe even how life on Earth began. [ESA]

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Science Does It Again: In today’s selfie-obsessed world, there’s a lot of chatter about narcissism. Are we too focused on ourselves? Do those damned millenials not have enough empathy for others? Is the hashtag #chillingatafuneral inappropriate? And so on. But how do you know if someone is a narcissist? Do you have to rigorously screen them with in-depth psychological questioning?

Well, U.S. scientists have come up with a single, ground-breaking question that will identify narcissistic people: “To what extent do you agree [on a scale of 1-7, with 7 being 100% agree] with this statement: ‘I am a narcissist.’”

If they agree with the statement, they’re a narcissist. Brad Bushman, the co-author of the study explained: "People who are narcissists are almost proud of the fact. You can ask them directly because they don't see narcissism as a negative quality — they believe they are superior to other people and are fine with saying that publicly." [ScienceDaily]